I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

You know, in ten years you're gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?

I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.

As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.

New York has always embraced me.

There's no more film; now everything's digital. I welcome this. It's fantastic for me to have a new chance.

What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.